Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly Case-Studies: Evidence-Based Briefs

Recognizing the potential of sharing experiences and stories to promote change in the nutrition field, the case studies are:
• A rich and versatile component of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) toolbox.

• Real-world examples of what other countries have done to enable their breastfeeding environments.

• Information for policymakers, stakeholders, and breastfeeding advocates on the what, how, and why others have successfully translated knowledge into policies and programs.

• Intended to be an informative and practical tool for evidence-based breastfeeding scaling up efforts.

Three categories of case study:

Examples: small illustrations to help with understanding and score the benchmarks. They are a resource for the BBF director and committees and are in the operational manual and website - See Gears and Benchmarks

Evidence-based briefs (EBBs): narrative pieces of a larger case study, typically related to an individual gear and provide options of how BBF recommendation(s) could be implemented. EBBs are targeted to country committee members and policy makers and are housed in searchable format on this page.

Full Case studies (under development): target policy makers because they are a complex collection of EBBs that focus on how countries implemented legislation, policies, programs, and trainings using data to drive decision making. They will be also found on the BBF website.

Using EBBs to explore breastfeeding interventions: linking research to policy:

Each EBB addresses what interventions have been developed to improve breastfeeding, how to operationalize actions effectively and why it has the potential to generate a wide variation in breastfeeding outcomes depending on the local context. These are not systematic reviews but rather illustrations of how other countries have improved their breastfeeding friendly environments.

Committee members are encouraged to take these classifications into account when thinking about whether an intervention is viable. The EBBS may or may not be generalizable, but they unpack how complex interventions can work, showcase real-world examples of how others working in similar contexts have sought improvement, and can help shape a broad, honest policy dialogue.

Using case studies to inform the development of recommendations and actions

The EBBs are organized by gear and key words. See Figure 2 for how the EBBs can be used to inform the development of initial recommendations to be presented at Meeting 3 and the recommended actions for Meeting 4.

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How will my information be used?

When you express interest in a specific study, the information from your profile will be sent to the doctor conducting that study. If you're eligible to participate, you may be contacted by a nurse or study coordinator.

If you select a health category rather than a specific study, doctors who have active studies in that area may contact you to ask if you would like to participate.

In both cases, you will be contacted by the preferred method (email or phone) that you specified in your profile.